Burgundy Canal, Self-Drive Your Own Rental Barge
Trough French Wine Country
Canal Barge Rentals:
with self drive  bare
boat are a great way
to cruise the canal and
bring your nightly
lodging with you.
A Self Drive Barge Cruise Burgundy Canal
  • Bare Boat Cruise
This type of cruise is also called a bare boat cruise
because there will be no crew, only your friends and
family to help lock through and tie up for the night.

  • No License Required
The self-drive barge does not require a captain's license
or prior boating knowledge.  The operators give a
lesson in locking through and that is about the extent
of the training.  The engines are not capable of high
speed so there is no danger.
  • Self guided Tour of the Burgundy Canal
Once you are on your way you will cover some historic
territory.  The Canal de Bourgogne or Burgundy Canal
provides north to south access through France and
connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea
through the Rivers Seine and Yonne to the north, and the
rivers Rhone and Saone to the south.  
You will cover just a tiny portion of the 150 miles of the
Burgundy Canal on a week-long cruise starting in Dijon.
Self Drive Barge on the Burgundy
Canal
Barge tours leave from the port of Dijon,  
go north and then return
Self Drive Burgundy Valley Barge Tours
On The Burgundy Canal
Self Drive Rental Barge Through the Burgundy Canal Can Start Near Dijon
Barges pull in for the
night below the  hilltop
village of
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois.
Guests can bike to the
castles and the small
village markets that offer
the barge crew
provisions and
refreshment. Many small
 farming towns line the
route along the
Burgundy Canal
Self Drive Barge companies
to start your search

Crown Blue Line    
www.leboat.com/

Locaboat    
www.locaboat.com/index.
php

www.bargeconnection.co
m/index.php

www.hotelsafloat.com/self.
php

www.barginginfrance.com
/leboatburgundy.htm
A 32 foot bare boat for four or five persons
 (two cabins) can range from 1500 Euros
per week to 2500 Euros per week
depending on the season.  




A 45 foot  boat with four double cabins
that is ideal for eight persons and could
include four additional family members will
rent for between 2200 Euros and 3200
Euros.
The Burgundy Canal offers self-drive barges trough French
wine country.  You can drive your own rental barge trough
the Burgundy Valley Canal on a bare boat tour that starts
near Dijon on the Burgundy Canal
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How to Reach Burgundy Valley Canal Culinary Barge Tours on the Burgundy Canal
Barge Cruises on the Burgundy Valley are centered in the City of Dijon and surrounding area.  The barges
make one-week culinary and wine trips on the Burgundy Canal
The TGV high speed Train and a high speed toll highway reach Dijon from Paris.
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  • Dining
You will shop for provisions and cook your
meals aboard or visit restaurants in the towns
and villages along the canal.   The area
traversed by the canal is some of the most
scenic in France and includes rolling farm
country, fields of white cattle, small villages,
and imposing hilltop castles and chateaus.
  • Sightseeing
Parts of the canal are undergoing repair with
steel sheet pile being driven to support the
sidewalls and upgrades and automation of the
water and gate control but much of the canal
remains manually operated, just the way it was
when constructed in the 17th and 18 th
Century.  You will be able to bike to small
villages.  As you tour you will meet the
locktenders who will operate the gates as you
pass.